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Posted by jobieblank 19 yrs ago

We have signed a lease for our flat for the standard 2 year contract. We thought we could tough it out and hit the time frame of our break clause which is one year but after 4 months we feel we need to leave due to issues in the neighbourhood. Has anyone experienced breaking a lease here? Are there any loop holes that help the tenant out? Our lease hasn't been stamped by the HK gov't so does that mean it is null and void?

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sebwu 19 yrs ago

In HK everything is negotiable and breaking a lease is usually not a big deal. The worst thing that can happen is that the landlord refuses to return the deposit and keeps it as "compensation".

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